MTS, Telco Cloud & Transport Solutions Architecture

Company: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: March 1, 2025

Job Description:

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Job Overview
The Solutions Architect develops innovative solutions and technology strategy. They own the E2E solution design strategy across teams, and partner with other architects. The role makes recommendations for new procedures and overall architectural approach, partnering with senior level Architects. Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situation or data requires an evaluation of intangibles. Exercises judgement in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Creates formal networks involving coordination among groups. Informal supervision of other's work assignments.

Job Responsibilities:

• Strategy:
  --- Owns solution design for multiple cross domain initiatives and works across domains to ensure cohesive solution.
  --- Proactively investigates architecture, design strategies and standards options to address concerns of new solution offerings prior to creation.
  --- Makes and implements complex decisions aimed at improving the quality, effectiveness or ability to achieve revenue, profitability and strategic goals for the organization.
• Innovation and Leadership
  --- Leads overall technical design and end-to-end solution design for highly complex initiatives.
  --- Ensures quality, consistency and alignment of designs to TMUS standards and digital strategy.
  --- Manages multiple initiatives in parallel and lends expertise to Principal and Sr. Architects. Presents solution design to Senior Leadership in IT and Business.
  --- Prepares and maintains design deliverables that include architecture diagrams, data models, and API / micro-service architecture.
  --- Creates, presents, designs, and implements new ideas which improve an existing or new system/process/service.
  --- Offers new industry views and considerations within the IT organization.
  --- Contributes to industry or vendor forums on TMobile's behalf. Analyzes industry trends and competitive moves, determines potential impact on T-Mobile and proposes appropriate actions if any.
  --- Proposes new ideas and innovations to management and peer architects that may have significant business impacts.
• Technology and System
  --- Proactively identifies system weaknesses, determines root cause, and finds solutions for improvement. Creates complex network and service architecture, design strategies and standards.
  --- Possess deep understanding in multiple technologies and disciplines in the building blocks, interactions, dependencies and tools required to complete architecture design work.
  --- Applies strong knowledge of the various systems used in the T-Mobile environment and awareness of current technology benefits.
  --- Maintains understanding of the broader impact to the business from internal and external technology directions.
  --- Represents T-Mobile's view on technology issues in public forums.
  --- Supervises writing of advanced documentation, architecture, capabilities, limitations, and advantages for technologies.
  --- Produces advanced documentation and literature for multiple disciplines.
  --- Actively contributes to industry publications and professional forums.
• Project Management
  --- Applies a broad understanding of the products, systems and technologies across the business portfolio and deep technical ability on integration of these components to deliver a cohesive E2E solution architecture for a given initiative.
  --- Directs translation of business requirements into technical requirements that the system analysts and other technical team members drive into the project design and delivery.
  --- Monitors budget, expenses and scope and facilitates project delivery and support.
• Relationship and People Management
  --- Interacts with Senior management to shape and align solutions against desired minimum viable product scope.
  --- Informally coaches and contributes to the development of others through mentoring or inhouse workshops and learning sessions. Coaches and develops architects across IT functional teams on technology and solution decisions.
  --- Participates in formal internal training programs.
  
  
  • Education:
  • Master's/Advanced Degree In lieu of Master's degree, equivalent industry experience may be considered. (Require)
    
    
    • Work Experience:
    • 7-10 years Related work experience.
    • 7-10 years Progressive experience in software engineering/enterprise architecture/technology leadership across multiple products, systems and/or platforms coupled with strong business acumen and executive presence.
    • 7-10 years Experience working in solutions design and enterprise architecture delivering IT solutions.
    • 7-10 years Experience in Enterprise applications, PLM, middle-tier services, database, storage, distributed computing, virtualization and/or application technology.
      
      
      • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
      • Software Engineering (Required)
      • Enterprise Architecture (Required)
      • Solution Architecture (Required)
      • Technical Leadership (Required)
        
        
        • Licenses and Certifications:
          
          --- At least 18 years of age
          --- Legally authorized to work in the United States
          
          Travel:
          Travel Required (Yes/No):Yes
          
          DOT Regulated:
          DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):No
          Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):No
          
          Base Pay Range: $141,300 - $254,900
          
          Corporate Bonus Target: 20%
          
          The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.
          
          At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee's eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, click here .
          
          At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile's amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com .
          
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          T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated.
          
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